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Glossary

What is Air-jet loom?

A shuttleless weaving machine that carries the weft yarn across the warp using a jet of compressed air; the fastest common loom type for plain and twill fabrics at volume, such as denim, but less suited to complex woven patterning.

This term in other languages

Arabicنول النفث الهوائي
FrenchMétier à jet d'air
TurkishHava jetli dokuma tezgahı

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The main machine families in spinning, weaving and knitting mills

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